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interviews with the prostitutes. senior secret service official tells abc news they have not had the opportunity to review the inspector general's report, and sullivan's testimony was truthful on what the agency knew at the time. a senior white house official says the president has full confidence in director sullivan. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> the story just doesn't want to go away. >> no, a tad confusing to sort it out. basically just to boil it down. it is the secret service agency, their initial reports are being debunked after further investigation by the inspector general. they're wondering whether, mr. sullivan, who was from the secret service, whether he misled lawmakers about the security risks surrounding the scandal. and sullivan initially said, sullivan of the secret service initially said we didn't find this type o behavior before. one of the guys admitted he had previous stints with prostitutes in 2008, 2009, as well as other

excursions in romania and china. really whether or not the truth was being told doesn't appear to be. >> yeah. talk about secretary of state hill terry clinton. she sparked a new controversy with the one four word sentence. i can't stand whining. clinton reportedly made the comment in an interview with "marie claire" magazine, and then saying she referred to a staffer who stepped down she couldn't juggle her job and family. the whining comment was taken out of context, and talking about a passage from "a catcher in the rye." >> boy scouts of america under fire this morning accused of turning a blind eye to decades of child sex abuse by scout leaders. files at that the scouts were forced to make public showed names of more than 1,200 alleged pedophiles many of those reported, 1,000 cases were never reported to police. accusers were allowed to remain free. it is now too late to prosecute, the statute of limitations unfortunately has run out.

the prewashed bags of lettuce supposed to make things easier in the kitchen, once again a recall under way because of a positive test for listeria. this time produce giant dole foods issued a recall on american blend 12-ounce bagged salad sold in ten states in the midwest and northeast. so far listeria has been found in only one sample and no illnesses have ben reported. this is at least the fourth major recall of bagged lettuce in 2012 so far. >> you still wash the lettuce though it says on the package prewashed. >> i try to avoid lettuce at all costs not my thing. >> we are the picture of health. >> we really are. >> wet weather. windy, boston, new york, philly. d.c. showers. thunderstorms in the carolinas to florida. less windy in the nation's midsection. showers in the twin cities. chicago and detroit. going to be stormy from seattle to portland. >> 60 in the pacific northwest. mostly 50s from kansas city to detroit. 70s from new york to atlanta. something incredible now from a high school football game last night in spokane, central

valley down by 3 against shadow park. they needed a field goal to send the game into ot. ready? >> no problem for austin rico. all he did was step up and nail this 67-yard field goal. 67. >> yeah, 67. >> keep in mind the nfl record is 63 yards. done by four guys. >> i think this guy is going places. the game went to ot. at 55, central valley went on to win. 62-55. >> plenty of room. could have made it from 72. >> 67 yards. that's awesome. think he's got a future. yeah. >> uh-huh. >> speaking of amazing brings to mind the "world news now" nfl picks competition. >> voting for this week's games is now open. we are open for business at wnnfans.com. go there, check out the featured games. see who we all picked. vote for yoyour own picks. help me take down the guys. >> who might be winning the

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welcome back, everyone. gang warfare is plaguing american cities killing innocent victims including small children. chicago among the hardest hit. >> diane sawyer traveled to the windy city where she met some of the children who live in fear. it is her first report in the

special report "hidden america." >> reporter: tonight there are american children living in a war zone. >> my mom doesn't like me playing outside. she fears for my life. >> where did you get shot? >> in the head. >> reporter: a 6-year-old girl is killeden broad day light sitting on the porch getting her hair combed. in another neighborhood, another girl, 7 years old, shot dead. selling candien the front ya-- the front yard. tens of thousand of children trying to gang up in the neighborhood where gang members roam the streets some as young as 13, 14. some carrying assault weapons and shooting at random. in chicago, police are stretched thin. the mayor enraged. >> take your gang conflict away from a 7-year-old. who raised you? >> reporter: and one of the children in one of those neighborhood is a 7-year-old named ralph.

who wants to surprise me. so he makes me go out and come in again. >> let's try it one more time. >> surprise? >> reporter: ralph is irrepressible vitality. >> that's it. >> reporter: his little house, a kind of fortress, day and night, gunfire rings out as the the weekend approaches. he is so scared he keeps the blind drawn afraid to play outside or walk to and from school. it says rest in peace for your grandma. >> reporter: ralph's grandmother was shot dead last year just standing outside. >> we used to eat noodles a lot. and then, it's look every time she was to fix me something, we used to share it. and i love that. it was my graduation. >> reporter: wow. >> i was in kindergarten. >> reporter: he shows me how close the gunfire comes to his house when the dangerous young men they call gang bangers go

by. >> you see the alley? >> reporter: uh-huh. >> gang bangers go through shooting. >> reporter: how often do you say this happens? >> almost every day. >> reporter: to protect himself and his mother at the front door, ralph pulls the gate, adds a padlock. >> like that. fastens two bolts. >> i think we got it. at the back door he not only bolts the locks he puts a bike in front of the door, then a trash can in front of the bike and a chair in front of the trash can. ralph tells me, some day when he grows up he wants to be a super hero, called ralph. >> yep. i am going to change the city into a new city. and taking all the guns, throw all the gang bangers out. >> reporter: until ralph's muscles are bigger, if you liven a safe place tonight, think of him and all the other children on a kind of battlefield.

desiree lost her father. >> i keep telling them to stop. they just don't want to stop. they're not listening. >> reporter: children who say they just want a future too. >> i like how she wrote the book "i know why the caged bird sings." >> i want to be a policeman. i want to be a doctor. ♪ as long as there is a smile upon your angel face oh ♪ ♪ my job is done >> i'd look ike to be the presi, a brain surgeon and a lawyer. >> please stop killing people. without that our neighborhood would be totally different. >> don't shoot. i want to grow up. >> don't shoot, i want to grow up. ♪

>> great kid that kid is. >> forced to grow up all too soon. tonight, on world news, diane will show 38 gang members. going to bring them from rival gangs to talk about the killing and huh to stop it. unbelievable numbers how many peopleave been killed in chicago this year. >> 419 killed in chicago this year, more than the number of american troops in afghanistan which is a war zone. amazing. >> there are a lot of war zones, unfortunately, the great city of chicago right now. we'll be right back.

♪ ♪ ooh that smell >> a story that might enrage parents out there. in seep yacht attle, a mother t

child to see a doctor, was kicked off the bus because of a smell diaper. >> the driver said it wasn't fair to the other riders and left her a half mile from the clinic. >> that is my only way of getting around. >> reporter: nicole ride the bus every day. >> yeah, that's my little man. >> reporter: with her 1-year-old son daniel. they were on their way to see a doctor. >> he just pooped in his diaper, he was having diarrhea. right after that she told me i needed to get off the bus. i said why is that? she said your baby, smells really bad. and, it's not fair that we all have to smell that. >> reporter: nicole was shocked. >> i said my son is sick, taking hem to a doctor's appointment. >> reporter: she says the driver stopped and let her out roughly half a mile from the clinic. on top of all that. >> i'm 4 1/2 months. >> reporter: ishe's pregnant. >> where i got off the bus.

there was a clinic. i went in. changed his diaper. i called metro filed a complaint with them. >> reporter: i contacted metro. based on reports this appears to be a very unique situation. our goal is always to balance the comfort of all of our riders with providing good customer service. we are investigating the complaint and will get a report from the driver to confirm what happened and that proper procedures were followed. after filing the complaint, nicole and daniel caught the next bus to the clinic. turns out the little guy has a stomach flu. after what she went through, nicole feels sick too. >> i feel like i was being diskrim nate edi discriminated against and bullied. >> can you imagine itch he had a life threatening ailment. what about all the people that have body odor on the bus? >> get off the bus. may be a good idea, actually. i'm kidding. >> really fortunate. >> too bad for the mother. hope she gets satisfaction. >> pregnant. sick child. >> absolutely.

>> travesty. >> walk half a mile. >> she got back on the bus. >> that's right. jamie lynn from our seattle station. >> we are all over it this morning. "the mix" is next. >> we are. wait till your kids move back home after college.

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welcome back, everybody. fascinating study out of the uk says the position in which you sleep determines a lot about your personality. take a look, tell me what you are. >> we don't sleep so. >> we don't sleep. >> this is the most common position. the worrier. you are seeking comfort. pulling up in fetal position. the more comfort we are seeking the more we curl up. the second most popular position is the rigid position, called a log. they say, it is adopted by those with rigid personalities. >> i don't duo the log at all. >> at lest not in bed. and we have the yearners, third most popular. you sleep with your arms outstretched. 25% of the population, chasing your dreams. last position, free fallers you

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this morning on "world news now" -- trust broken. the boy scouts of america is forced to reveal secret files on child sex abuse within its organization. >> the details so disturbing it earned the nickname the perversion files. it's friday, october 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." oh, hallelujah, we made it to friday. >> friday. >> good morning. i'm paula faris on this freaky friday. >> is it freaky friday. >> fantastic friday actually. >> any friday. >> i like alliteration, freaky didn't work. >> dangerous word. never know what will come out of your mouth. got to be careful. i'm john muller.

rob nelson has the day off. the latest on the files, what's in them and why they stayed secret so long in a moment? first a look at other stories we're following for you this morning. who need zingers in a debate. much needed lighter moments, the president traded barbs at a charity dinner here in new york city. we'll let you hear some of the best zingers. they were in the same place, same time, smiling as if the second presidential debate never happened. >> good old chums, just chilling out. new questions this morning after the foiled terror plot. how the suspect got into the country and a lot of public officials calling for some changes. uh-huh. the south is rising again from honey boo boo to hillbilly fishing, americans are riveted by a slice of southern life. it is being called redneck reality. it is all the rage. interesting. but first, the boy scouts expose telltale files, reveal two

decade of horror stories, allegations of child sex abuse by scout leaders who went unpunished. it was a disturbing culture of secrecy in an institution trusted by millions of families. brandi hitt joins us. >> reporter: good morning, the files reveal reports of abuse nationwide, and calculated plans to get young boys alone. some of the men are accused of abusing dozens of children. more than 14,000 pages of confidential files kept by the boy scouts of america on men suspected of child sex abuse are now public. >> you do not get to keep secrets about hidden dangers to children period. >> reporter: a portland supreme court ruling allowed attorney kelly clark to release the perversion filed kept on 1,200 men between 1965 and 1985. files noting strong evidence that he may have been involved with child molestation. >> for us it represents the pain and the anguish of thousand of

untold scouts. >> reporter: bsa said files helped track offenders and protect children. past cases show repeated in stances of scout leaders failing to report sexual abuse to authorities. in 2010, a jury ruled the bsa did not protect kerry lewis from assistant scoutmaster who admitted he had molested boys. lewis was awarded $20 million. >> you want to join, please do so. but just keep your eyes open. be aware. >> reporter: the bsa fought against the release of these new files. >> there is no question there are times in the past, these go back, 40, 50 years old where we did not do, the job that we should have. for that and for people hurt. and for that we are profoundly sorry. >> reporter: the organization says enhanced policies and procedures include background checks, training programs and mandates reporting of suspected abuse. some of the files also detailed men who threatened children and their families if they talked.

and this could lead to further litigation. john, paula. >> brandi, thank you. >> you have to believe further litigation is going to be, certain possibility. 1,000 cases. 1,200 pedophiles, 1965 to 1985. they didn't do anything. slipped it under the rug. they knew this was going on. >> yeah, like -- a bombshell. just going to get bigger and bigger until they hopefully deal with it. catholic church had to deal with the culture. hopefully deal with it. change the culture. get it out of the way. settle these things. >> what's sad about this, i know they have safe guards in place now, she said, the background checks and mandatory reporting, and the training programs. but the sad part is that all of this exceeded the statute of limitations. which i was talking with one of our producers, why is there a statute of limitations in cases of child abuse. >> i agree. two weeks after receiving what amounts to a life sentence, jerry sandusky has asked a judge to overturn his child sex

abuse -- conviction and grant a new trial. the filing comes, the accuser at the heart of the case steps out of the shadows, victim one, spoke exclusively to abc's chris cuomo telling him how his allegations were not taken seriously after sandusky mope lemope -- molested him, stalked him, pulled hem out of class and chased him in his car. you can watch the story, on "20/20," friday night, 10:00 eastern. >> with 18 days to go until the election, president obama and mitt romney spoke at a charity dinner and delivered great one-liners, some of which you well have to hear later in the half-hour. earlier, the president taped an appearance of jon stewart's show where things begin to get serious about policy talk. >> when middle-class families do well, ladders of opportunity for poor families to get into the middle-class. the entire economy does well. when a few folks are doing well

at the top and everybody else is getting squeezed the economy grows slower. mr. obama criticized himself and joked a bit about vice president biden and "50 shades of grey." third presidential debate takes place monday. and candidates go one-on-one for a final time. we well have complete coverage. all starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 pacific. new questions this morning about quazi nafis, the man accused of trying to bomb the federal reserve bank. and the way he made to new york. he entered on a student visa to attend college in missouri then transferred to new york. new york senator charles shumer said that should have raised some red flags. >> we do know that the student visa program in the hand of a few wrong-doers, so-called sham universities around the country, are serving as a back door for foreign nationals to enter our country improperly.

>> shumer says there is no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the missouri university that granted the visa to nafis. he is calling on congress to tighten up eversight on all student visas. >> what's sad, they're making money on this. a subsequent government report that came out, talks about the sham universities and bogus student visas and allows thousand of foreign nationals to enter the u.s., making huge profits at the expense of our country's safety. >> need to be fixed immediately. >> it does. red flags. should have been waved. suspected ring leader on the attack in libya, mocking u.s. and libyan officials. the man was seen hanging out in benghazi. he said he hasn't been questioned about at take by any authority and has no plans of going into hiding. a federal appeals court in new york has struck down the law defining marriage as a union between a man andwoman. and the court became the first

to declare that official discrimination against gays and lesbians is basically like discrimination against women or racial minorities. the ruling in the case of an 83-year-old widow who had to pay $350,000 in federal real estate taxes after the death of her same-sex spouse. and anna nicole smith's boyfriend and lawyer may wind uppen couup in a court after a california judge rein stated his convictions. initially convicted of conspireing to provide the actress with prescription drugs. but those charges were later thrown out. now an appeal lalt judge says the earlier judge was wrong to toss out their convictions. new warning from centers for disease controechlt the laundry detergent pods are posing a public health hazard. more children are eating the concentrated soap, mistakening them for candy and getting sick. during a recent 30-day period nearly 500 children ingested

those detergent pods. most of them under age 5. >> they look like candy. >> like mints. in the container, looks, looks, got the flip lid. >> yeah, looks like candy. >> let's do some baseball. troilt detroit tigers going to the world series for the second time in seven years. they got off to a great start yesterday against the yankees when mvpdelman young droven a run in the first inning. >> i probably shouldn't cheer for the tigers, i live in new york. i will any way. broke it open when mickey c cabrera hit a home run. and tacked on another home run. the damage was done. tigers winning big. the yankees could only admit the obvious. >> they threw the ball really well. they outplayed us in every facet of the game. they were a better team. i love new york city. i love everything about being a yankee. the highs are very high. the lows are extremely low. and, there is no question the

last few weeks were extremely difficult not only on me, but on my team mates. >> uh-huh. in the national league much the same story for the defending champs, st. louis cardinals. scored two in the first inning last night against the giants. and they went on to add two more in each of the fifth, sixth, seventh innings. cards beat san francisco, 8-3 to take a three-games advantage in their series. game five tonight. cardinals can clinch. sets up a rematch of the world series, tigers/cardinals. cardinals won. hopefully the tigers will win this time. michigan. >> must be scratching their head. how did we just roll over the yankees in four straight games. they must feel like, huh, what was that? >> you wonder if it will hurt them, game six, game seven. tigers will have time on their hands. barry zito, and the first time, the yankees have been swept in ape post season series in 32 years. >> okay. did seem remarkable to me. and it is.

32 years. you heard it from paula. >> the first time in a lot of people's lifetime. >> exactly right. >> still ahead on "world news now" -- from honey boo boo to hillbilly hand fishing. redneck reality all the rage. what is behind the surge from the south. >> speaking of entertainment, the candidates taking time to lighten the mood. the best of the al smith dinner, straight ahead. you are watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by comfort medical. at cepacol we've heard people are going to extremes

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. ♪ well we busted out of class had to get away from those fools ♪ ♪ we learned more from a three-minute record than we ever learned in school ♪ >> that is the boss, bruce springsteen, campaigning for president obama in ohio yesterday. obama wasn't with him on stage, bill clinton with him on stage. >> the boss gets to hang out with who ever he wants to hang out. mr. obama and governor romney here in new york city last night for a catholic charity event. though supposed to be a night off they couldn't help getting in a few shots at one another. >> people seem to be very curious how we prepare for the debates. what i do is, first refrain from

alcohol for 65 years. before the debate. second, find the biggest available strawman and then mercilessly attack him. big bird didn't even see it coming. and by the way, in the spirit of sesame street, the president's remarks to night are brought to you by the letter o, and the number $16 trillion. let's just say that some in the media have a certain way of looking at things. when suddenly i pulled ahead in some of mate your polls, what was the headline, polls show obama leading from behind. and i have already seen early reports from tonight's dinner. headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dines with rich people. >> this is the third time that governor romney and i have met recently. as some of you may have noticed i have a lot more energien our

second debate. i found i was really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. now, win or lose, this is my last political campaign. so i am trying to drink it all in. unfortunately, mayor bloomberg will only let me have 16 ounces of it. that's okay, i am still making the most of my time in the city. earlier today, i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. in monday's debate, a little bit different, the topic is foreign policy. spoiler alert -- we got bin laden. >> oh. >> good stuff, right. >> their writers are good. >> their writers are good. >> for a lot of women out there that maybe, that last debate was a little uncomfortable at times.

nice to see them at least on the stage. put our difference as side for a good cause. all the money goes to catholic charities in new york, tradition dating back to world war ii. >> funny, democrat, republican, even obama, the target of a lot of the jokes was biden. doesn't matter who is doing it. if you say a joke about biden, everybody laughs. >> that was good to see. we won't see that monday night in florida. >> i don't think so. >> up next, our friday morning edition of "insomniac theater." >> a look at two more movies "the sessions" helen hunt and, "paranormal activity" you're watching "world news now."

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the weekend's new movies to look forward to, we are so excited, today's "insomniac theater," we are previewing two movies opening this weekend. first up, paranormal activity 4. >> number 4. like the other three releases the franchise, relies on surveillance cameras that record what goes on when everyone else is asleep. take a look. >> what is he doing? >> freaky, right? >> yeah. >> what's going on? >> um, i don't know. it's weird. >> what's happening? >> i don't know. >> back door open. back door open. back door open. >> what's going on? >> what? >> the newest franchise picks up where the second one left off. as my daughter likes to say when we watch the trailer, dad it looks like it is shot so cheaply. that's part of the charm. but "l.a. times." >> charm?

>> at their best the film is unlikely franchise, never thrilling, they have managed to make more scary scenes out of empty rooms than previously thought possible. rotten tomatoes, 33%. >> loving, 96%, the sessions. basically, based on a man confined to an iron lung. at age 38. determined to lose his ver gin tgin -- virgin, with the help of helen hunt and his priest. >> i'm nlt ape prostitute. you don't have to pay me up front. i have nothing about prostitutes. there is a difference. we can talk about that later. >> i'm sorry? >> the other thing is, there is a limit to the number of sessions we can have. did laura mention that when you saw her? >> i'm sorry, i don't remember. >> the limit is six. that gives us plenty of opportunity to explore. >> it is based on a true story, no less. again, this is a drama/comedy. rave reviews

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♪ ♪ >> feel right at home with that music. i'm from jackson, michigan. finally there is lots more where honey boo boo came from. a so-called redneck revolution is sweeping reality tv. >> ratings are through the roof. what is a tracting millions of people to the shows about rural america. well abc's ryan owens went in search of some answers. >> reporter: in the increasingly bizarre universe known as reality tv. redneck is red hot. change the channel any given

night you can go from hillbilly hand fishing to rocket city red necks. to swamp people. and oh, some times it feels like honey boo boo is on 24 hours a day or we wish she was. >> you better recognize! >> reporter: no surprise these larger than life characters are too much for reality show producers to pass up. tv critics say their popularity also says a lot about us. >> i think it has to do with the economy. because we used to look at shows with housewives and false breasts and false teeth and false everything to people with no teeth. >> reporter: of course, not all of the self described rednecks are down on their luck. i met the robinsons, a louisiana family who turned duck calls into a million dollar empire and a & e's hit show duck dynasty. >> a new breed of millionaires our family. >> reporter: while america's

appetite for redneck reality seems insatiable, not everyone is so sure it is a healthy diet. >> they represent an exaggerated image of lives of rural people. >> reporter: but as long as rednecks keep bringing in the ratings they're not going anywhere and that's tv reality. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. we were both wondering that? the shows are doing really well. 3.8 million viewers for duck dynasty. 2.4 million for swamp people. actually, 4.2 million for swamp people. honey boo boo gets 2.4. >> extremely cost effective to produce. definitely hard for producers/executive producers to pass this up. i haven't seen honey boo boo. >> i haven't either. >> some people actually like it. when a hollywood actress said she remind her of shirley temple. >> really? >> this was my wedding. we went turkey hunting. that's what we had for dinner.

>> nice, paula. >> cheap and easy.

this morning on "world news now" -- playing it for laughs. president obama and mitt romney exchange zingers at a charity dinner. >> but beneath the one-liners at the white-tie affair, there is plenty of tension with just 18 days until election day. it's friday, october 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." tgif. we love that day. good morning, everybody. i'm john muller. rob nelson is off. >> i'm paula faris. we're going to get to the candidates' joking two nights after the rough-and-tumble second debate in a moment. this half-hour, scouts' dishonor. secret files finally going public revealing decades of

sexual abuse in the boy scouts of america. allegedly 1,200 pedophiles, over 1,000 cases reported. nothing was ever done about it. "newsweek" becomes the story, after almost 80 years, the iconic magazine will quit putting out the printed edition and move entirely online. >> kind of sad. i still love reading the newspaper. i don't like ink on my fingers. i still love the tangible hard cope. >> i do it on sundays. how is that? >> uh-huh. later, anatomy of a meltdown. we are learning what happened during britney spears' darkest days when the world watched her sink into that bizarre behavior. the details coming up in "the skinny." and we'll explain why all the information is coming out now years later. >> did you say something, i was watching the video. but first, presidential politics, president obama and mitt romney back to the business of campaigning to day. both are heading to battleground states. >> last night here in new york, both men yucked it up at a charity dinner, as we said, 18 days to go.

and abc's t.j. winick had the best of last night's zingers. >> reporter: it was a chance for the president and challenger mitt romney to have a few laughs. >> it's nice to finally relax and to wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> tradition on the campaign trail for the past 67 years. the political dinner welcomed both candidates. >> i had a question, the question was how much -- >> reporter: after their spirited debate on long island. >> we were chatting pleasantly this evening as if tuesday night never happened. >> reporter: the latest gallup poll has republicans smiling. vernor romney is up on the president by 7 percentage points among likely voters, 52 to 45%. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening. because he will laugh at anything. >> everyone, please take your seats. otherwise, clint eastwood will yell at them. >> reporter: the political fund raiser which raised a record breaking $5 million for charity this year, was held at new

york's waldorf astoria. >> i went shopping at some stores in midtown. i understand governor romney went shopping for some stores in midtown. >> reporter: the candidates will square off in their third, final debate this monday in florida. >> i felt really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> reporter: after all of the laughs it is now back to the serious business of campaigning for president. both men will be in keep battleground states friday that could decide this election. the president in virginia. mitt romney in florida. john and paula. >> enjoy the zingers. >> it was good to see. cut through the tension. a lot of people are skeptical of the new gallup numbers, seven-point lead for romney. not until october 23rd which will account for all the seven day s after the second debate will be get a clear look at where things stand. any boost the president had won't be really truly reflected until the 23rd. >> all right. >> moving along.

ann romney stepped away from issues briefly during a visit with the lady of "the view." mrs. romney joked with five sons, 15 grandsons and no sisters she was really enjoying the estrogen on the couch. the conversation turned serious when mrs. romney explained as governor of massachusetts her husband stopped supporting abortion rights after stem cell research legislation crossed his desk. >> when a decision came across his desk to use embryos for experimentation, he -- >> that's stem cell research. >> he could not have the, on his conscience, creating human life for experimentation. >> mrs. romney also said of her husband, if he loses november 6th. he will absolutely be done with politics. some a-list stars hit the campaign trail for president obama in ohio, former president bill clinton did honors. and rocker bruce springsteen, the boss, once expressed frustration with mr. obama but gave his full-throated endorsement yesterday. in addition to playing six

songs, springsteen pointed out gm is still making cars and then joked without them, what would i write about? the third presidential debate monday. the candidates go one-on-one, mano-y-mano, for a final time. we will have complete coverage. all starts at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. head of the boy scouts is apologizing after files revealed decades of child sex abuse by scout leaders. the documents name 1,200 alleged pedophiles accused of preying on young boys from 1965 to 1985. many of the cases were never reported to the police and molesters, even those who confessed, were simply kicked out or told to stay away from the child in question. >> basically the boy scouts turn their eyes away, told the molesters to go away, and let's hope this doesn't happen again. of course it kept happening again. jerry sandusky's lawyers were in court yesterday asking for a new trial on the ground they didn't have enough time to prepare for the first one. meanwhile, accuser known as victim one is speaking out in an abc exclusive. erin fisher told chris cuomo how sandusky singled him out when he

was 11 years old and molested him in his basement. he said police and other officials did not take his allegations seriously. get the full story tonight on "20/20," 10:00 p.m. eastern. the process of granting visas to foreign students and keeping track of them is coming under fire this morning. that's because the bangladeshi man accused of plotting to blow up the federal reserve bank in new york, may have been in violation of his student visa. reporter jim hoffer of wabc new york has the details. >> reporter: by all accounts, quazi nafis entered the country legitimately with a visa to study computers at southeast missouri state university. he even gave a fellow classmate a copy of the koran. >> i hate what he has done, i -- i don't understand it. >> reporter: after the spring semester, the missouri college notified the department of homeland security which oversees foreign students that nafis would be transferring to a small training

school in manhattan. we learned that school was asa college. but he apparently only attended part time, according to commissioner kelly. who suggests he used school as a cover. >> he was going to school on a -- a part time basis. and he -- he saw that as a bit of a subterfuge. >> reporter: the rules are clear. an f-1 visa requires the student be full time. but immigration customs enforcement insist he was enrolled full time. new york's senator thinks whatever the confusion this latest terror case underscores the need for closer monitoring of foreign students. >> rules for a student visa are when you get it you have to be educated at the school you applied to. and when you transfer the next school is supposed to make sure that you are there and learning. so while the facts are coming out still on mr. nafis, what happened should serve as an alarm bell.

>> you need a certain strengthening of the vetting process for, people claiming student visas. all right. friday forecast. ak sthael -- actually, did you want to mention something about that? >> just saying, the sham universities are shamming america puts our safety at risk, making loads off the student visas. >> this is dangerous stuff. they better really right the ship fast with this. >> they have to. >> yeah, they do. let's talk about the forecast. stormy day on the east coast. heavy rain from maryland, maine. storms, carolinas, to northern florida. cool, showers, not as windy from michigan to minnesota. down to illinois, rain in the pacific northwest. >> 60s, 70s in the rockies. 50s in the central plains, midwest. 80s from new orleans to miami. all right, most 11 years olds having a weird time, a tough age. too old for kid stuff. too young for things they want to do, they are not quite old enough to do it. >> it is awkward then you have this young girl, autumn de forest, an 11-year-old

artist who is quite sure of herself. she says, she started painting in her, quote, late 5s. saying she knew it was a great passion. when she talks about her work, she is an old soul in a preteen body. >> you can hear that the babbling brook and you can smell the, the desert flowers and, this painting is, an adventure in itself. and the mountains represents man versus nature. and the river, the brook, represents man versus self. >> how great is she? >> i felt like i was in philosophy class. she has been dubbed a prodigy and genius. she says those descriptions don't mean much to her. instead she is focused on painting which she does every day. >> her work, featured in exhibitions all over the u.s. some of her paintings have sold for as much as $25,000. >> love she started painting in her late 5s. >> late 5s. yes, she has her period like picasso -- her 6 period. 7 period. >> amazing. >> amazing stuff.

end of an era. >> "newsweek's" familiar red cover will no longer appear on newsstands after 80 years in print this iconic magazine, it is going digital. it's all next on "world news now." off the record about some ably charming people i have known ♪ ♪ for i meet politicians and grafters by the score killers plain and fancy it's really quite a bore ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn insurance. bore ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn insurance. i took the dare... will you?

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♪ oh a ♪ oh a newspaper man meets such interesting people he knows the lowdown now it can be told ♪ >> i want to hear more of the song. it is funny. >> let's hear more. a giant of the publishing world has moved into the digital age for good. editors of "newsweek" announcing the magazine will issue its last print version on december 31st. >> kind of sad. it will live on in digital form. as abc's john donvan reports, "newsweek" will never again hold the place in american life it once did. >> reporter: it was there, always, just plain there and sort of everywhere. but now the space in real space that "newsweek" occupied nearly 80 years will be after the december issue, empty space forever, just air there. what will be lost when that happens? well you pack together everything that happened in the last 80 years and what will be lost is what "newsweek" managed to do with it. make an extremely hard choice about what mattered most each week to put it on its cover. and those covers over the decades have told us who is a player, what is changing?

what is being celebrated? whom do we mourn? where are we going? only one winner every week because there could only be one cover every week. hence, the magazine of news significance. not that "newsweek" the organization is dead now, it will live on digitally as "newsweek" global, readable worldwide on all platforms except for the ones that kill trees. with ad revenues down and a generation that prefers screens to paper it makes sense. ♪ may the coming days ♪ going to take me away >> reporter: from hearing paul simon singing "me and julio down in the schoolyard." with the line about being on the cover of "newsweek." the point was, that was a place to be. only 52 times a year it really meant something. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> they're not going anywhere. kind of sad, huh. an iconic magazine. >> they really are. i collect actually magazines. i have several iconic "newsweek's" over the years, over the years.

>> good for you, paula. >> founded in 1933, as "newsweek." sold for 10 cents, indispensable complement to newspaper reading, because it explains, expands, and clarifies. don't get your fingers dirty. >> wow. there you go. $40 million in annual losses which is why, i guess they're going online. when we come back, hey, wow, look at that? >> that would have been enough -- >> like my workout regime. >> compensate for all the money lost. i like that. >> pretty good, huh? is that really you? >> absolutely. tattoo and everything. >> what is it of? >> i'll figure it out. give you the answer later. it's not really me. >> i want to see it live next. >> we'll be back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

♪ skinny so skinny >> we'll try to sort through this whole britney spears. remember the epic collapse in 2007. >> shaved her head. >> shaved her head. >> strapped on the stretcher, emergency room all that. her former manager, sam lufti is on the stand because of the defamation case. her parents blamed him for a lot of her pitfalls. and didn't pay her. and he is on the stand accusing britney of taking a huge amount of amphetamines, the night she

was strapped to the stretcher and shaved her head because of alleged drugs, potentially. that's why she, shaved her head. and, he said she took 6 to 8 pills early in the day. several more later. she went completely off the rails. he says she blew through her prescription amphetamines before locking herself in the bathroom with her youngest son. of course, we know what happened next. placed on a 51/50 hold. seems to be doing much better these days. again the defamation case from sam lufti, former manager is now bringing to light exactly what happened during the epic epic meltdown. >> sure she would rather have that go away, huh? should we stick with britney. she bought a new home, $8.5 million mansion in california. pretty nice digs. she moved to, away from calabasas. now she moved into an 8,456 square foot home in the swanky private community, in thousand oaks, california. so you know, there are five bed rooms, seven baths, wine cellar, home theater, massive infinity pool. told britney made the move, she

is starting her new life with her fiance and wants to be in a new home in a secure location. that looks pretty nice. >> secure and serene location. >> looked really serene, huh? >> yes. if you remember when fergie, pop singer and josh dumal, actor, got married, i think, back in 2009. nine months after they got married there were accusations he cheated on her with a stripper. she has said nothing about it until now. guess who got her to open up? >> i give up? >> oprah. >> oprah. >> take a listen. >> when you go through difficult times -- it really -- makes you stronger as a unit. as a partnership. >> uh-huh. >> it does for us anyways. our love today is -- is a deeper love. >> that's what i meant, change. >> yeah, definitely. we are stronger today because of anything difficult that has happened with us.

>> now, of course, her husband publicly denied cheating on his wife at the time. i still didn't get from that whether or not they were admitting that it happened or they just said we went through this, these allegations together. she says, our love today is a deeper love, we're stronger because of anything difficult that has happened to us. we deal with it. we communicate. and communicating is the most important thing. oprah's "next chapter" is going to sar sunday, october 21st, 9:00 eastern on own if you are interested in more interview. >> kardashians -- kris jenner pushing hard for kim and kourtney to get their own hosting gigs. kris was delighted when khloe landed the job on "the x factor." now the matriarch is pushing for the other daughters to become hosts too, according to radar online, reporting this. apparently kris put out feelers and contacted production companies, touting, kim, kourtney as hosts and judges. she thinks kim would be ideal for maybe "america's next top

model." kourtney, for "project run way." >> they're so good on their feet, right? >> i don't want to keep up with the kardashians anymore. >> i never kept up. i am not over it. ♪ follow the wings.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what were you saying? >> nothing. >> time now for a look back at the week that was. >> two hot stories, politics and cheeto's. >> i don't think in recorded, history of presidential debates has there been such a momentum shift off the first presidential debate. and so, the president has to turn the momentum back in his direction. >> you will get your chance in a moment. i am still speaking. the answer is i don't believe people think that is the case. it wasn't a question that was a statement. it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi, an act of terror. >> get the transcript.

>> he did in fact, sir. >> could you say that a little louder, candy. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> i take responsibility. i am in charge of the state department. 60,000-plus people all over the world. 275 posts. the president and vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. >> i think that people will look back and say that is what an elected official is supposed to do even if it isn't convenient, even if it is difficult at times. and arlen specter always did that. >> i had eaten peanut butter like three days in a row. and i just got so sick. >> all the illnesses that have been investigated are related to the peanut products from the one plant. >> when you stand up there on top of the world you become so humble. it is not about breaking record anymore, it is not about getting scientific data it is all about coming home alive. ♪ snack snack snack

♪ snack snack snack ♪ munch >> flaming hot cheeto's are probably the biggest problem that we have. >> our first male model winner, rob wilson. >> we all actually share a bathroom. i have to remember, like put the seat down. i am the only one here. that's probably the hardest challenge is to remember to put the seat down. >> uh-huh. >> i want a job where the hardest challenge is putting the seat down. sound like a good gig. >> the hardest challenge is not staring at him. >> you like, likey. >> she said i was crazy if i didn't think he was cute. he's growing on me. >> yeah? >> the young kid. i like my men a little older, like my husband. >> like your husband. good answer. >> that didn't make any sense. what dum o we have going on -- this week end, debate prep for the third, final. >> monday. third and final. i guess they gave the edge to obama on the second one. the third one an interesting one. >> and pumpkin picking, got to pick your halloween costumes. thank you for watching. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.